Iranian-American Scholar Arrested In Tehran

(RFE/RL)
May 9, 2007 -- Iranian-born American academic Haleh Esfandiari has been arrested in Tehran after being barred from leaving the country four months ago.

International newspapers reported that Esfandiari, the director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center's Middle East Program in Washington, has endured repeated interrogations about her work and was taken to prison on May 8.